HereComesTheTruth
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ok this is actually becoming a joke, all the talk of needing another tall back and how we should be trading the kitchen sink to get one is completely fanciful.
jamison, thornton, waite, bower & austin.
how many more tall backs do we need? Surely between those 5 blokes we could cover the tallest forward line. in fact come to think of it there aren't too many teams that play the old "5 key position players inside the forward 50" anymore.
Actually come to think of it the tallest (decent) forward lines are probably st.kilda & geelong.
Stkilda have nick, kosi, resting ruckman, then mid sized forwards.
Geelong have mooney, hawkins, ottens, then miz size forwards also.
thus, 5 key backs for carlton - 3 or 4 key forwards for the opposition = 1 or 2 extra backs for carlton
we have enough of them!
Brian Lake would be a great pick up for every team but we would have to trade some high quality to get him. Not to mention he is leaving the doggies not because of a lack of foreseeable success, rather he's leaving for the almighty $$. what message is that going to send to our kids who in 5 years time will already have become elite and want to be payed what they are worth. If we begin to encourage that culture now we will have sweet F A chance of keeping murphy, Gibbs, Kruze, etc. under the cap.
Josh Gibson at the moment is no better than than jamison, thornton, waite or bower. Austin & Anderson will go passed him by the end of next season, they have so much more upside.
To those who say "well we got found out against brisbane". Get your hand off it!
Waite did not play.
Jamison did not play.
Austin did not play (although he probably hasn't developed enough yet to take on brown).
Thornton played.
Bower tore his medial ligament but kept playinig. (THATS HOW DEPLETED WE WERE)
We simply had too many injuries and with the amount & quality of ball that went inside 50 in the last 15 minutes not many defences would have been able to stop brisbane.
Now i do not normally post and am more the observant type but FFS we have a more than competent defence that is DEVELOPING together. Give it time.
Not to mention you are selling our players short. believe it or not, our blokes actually aren't that bad. i know this might go against popular opinion on this website but the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
ok so hopefully now we all know we dont need another backman, perhaps some could concentrate on drafting a young key forward to replace fev, because believe it or not in 4 years time fev will be on the wrong side of 30 (similar age to matt lloyd is now i believe). caleb tyler is a young key forward but we cant put all our eggs into the one basket. perhaps if we can see past the bright lights of picking up a b-grade player who will compliment the bullants midfield nicely (sorry johno), we could see CARLTON actually USE their OWN draft pick to recruit another tall key position player and DEVELOP him OURSELVES.
i understand that many carlton posters are unaware of it, but it is perfectly legal to keep and use your very own draft picks.
ThereGoesTheTruth
jamison, thornton, waite, bower & austin.
how many more tall backs do we need? Surely between those 5 blokes we could cover the tallest forward line. in fact come to think of it there aren't too many teams that play the old "5 key position players inside the forward 50" anymore.
Actually come to think of it the tallest (decent) forward lines are probably st.kilda & geelong.
Stkilda have nick, kosi, resting ruckman, then mid sized forwards.
Geelong have mooney, hawkins, ottens, then miz size forwards also.
thus, 5 key backs for carlton - 3 or 4 key forwards for the opposition = 1 or 2 extra backs for carlton
we have enough of them!
Brian Lake would be a great pick up for every team but we would have to trade some high quality to get him. Not to mention he is leaving the doggies not because of a lack of foreseeable success, rather he's leaving for the almighty $$. what message is that going to send to our kids who in 5 years time will already have become elite and want to be payed what they are worth. If we begin to encourage that culture now we will have sweet F A chance of keeping murphy, Gibbs, Kruze, etc. under the cap.
Josh Gibson at the moment is no better than than jamison, thornton, waite or bower. Austin & Anderson will go passed him by the end of next season, they have so much more upside.
To those who say "well we got found out against brisbane". Get your hand off it!
Waite did not play.
Jamison did not play.
Austin did not play (although he probably hasn't developed enough yet to take on brown).
Thornton played.
Bower tore his medial ligament but kept playinig. (THATS HOW DEPLETED WE WERE)
We simply had too many injuries and with the amount & quality of ball that went inside 50 in the last 15 minutes not many defences would have been able to stop brisbane.
Now i do not normally post and am more the observant type but FFS we have a more than competent defence that is DEVELOPING together. Give it time.
Not to mention you are selling our players short. believe it or not, our blokes actually aren't that bad. i know this might go against popular opinion on this website but the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
ok so hopefully now we all know we dont need another backman, perhaps some could concentrate on drafting a young key forward to replace fev, because believe it or not in 4 years time fev will be on the wrong side of 30 (similar age to matt lloyd is now i believe). caleb tyler is a young key forward but we cant put all our eggs into the one basket. perhaps if we can see past the bright lights of picking up a b-grade player who will compliment the bullants midfield nicely (sorry johno), we could see CARLTON actually USE their OWN draft pick to recruit another tall key position player and DEVELOP him OURSELVES.
i understand that many carlton posters are unaware of it, but it is perfectly legal to keep and use your very own draft picks.
ThereGoesTheTruth
